Weather deflecting ventilating shield for windows



Jan. 9, 1951 A. z. MOSS 2,537,478

WEATHER DEFLECTING VENTILATING SHIELD FOR WINDOWS Filed Jan. 25, 1948 I"r IIHI'I [I r III 16a 7 8 i i |6b I II i i 15 HI g 4 l i 4 5 I60. Q I ii i i 5 5 20b [5 l5 F 20b 5 21 l i r 21 if g i 20 (T20 H V v 1 IINVENTOR ABRAHAM Z. MOSS ATTORNEYS Patented Jan. 9, 1951 .UNITED assureWEATHER DEFLECTING VENTILATING smennron WINDOWS- Abraham, Santa Monica,Calif. Application January 23, 1948,-s'eriarNt;3,9i5

1 Claim. 1

My invention has to do with weather deflecting ventilating shieldsadapted to be temporarily mounted in windows; it being an object toprovide a detachable shield of this character which is economical ofmanufacture, very easy to quickly install and remove, and which ishighly efficient in use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a shield of this characterwhich has novel and efficient positioning and retaining mean to insurethat it is at all times properly mounted in a window.

A further object is to provide a shield which is longitudinallyadjustable to enable it to fit in any size of window.

The invention has still further objects and corresponding advantages,but those will appear from the following description of a presentlypreferred embodiment, for which purpose I shall refer to theaccompanying drawings, wherein:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my improved shield;

Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1, but showing theshield mounted in a window casing;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation, taken from th line 33 of Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4-4 of 'Fig. 2; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary sectional view ilustrating a modified form ofpositioning and retaining member.

Referring now to the particular embodiment of the invention illustratedin Fi s. 1-4 of the drawings, the numeral 5 generally indicates aconventional window casing having a stepped window sill 6 and sashslideways l, 8 provided by vertical strips 9. The inner window sash I0is shown mounted in the inner slideway l. The casing which I have justdescribed. is the usual form of window casing and is merely describedand illustrated to indicate one 0f the various forms of casings intowhich my improved weather deflecting ventilating shield is adapted to beused.

Said shield, which is generally denoted in the drawings by the numerall5, has a front wall I6 composed of telescopically associated sectionsin, I 6b, and has right angularly disposed end walls I 8 whose outerside edge portions terminate in outwardly projecting vertically disposedattaching flanges I9. The purpose of the telescopic association of thewall sections [611, llib is to permit longitudinal adjustment. Toprovide for this telescopic action, the top and bottom edges of section16a are curved outwardly and upwardly 2 to provide channels I! toslidably carry the side edges of wall section I61).

The flanges I9 terminate short of the ends of the end walls It and thevertical plane of each flange is at an acute angle to the front wall.

The advantage provided by terminating the flanges short of the top edgeof the end walls is to permit the window sash to be lowered rntil itsbottom is below the plane of the top edge of the front wall, whereby todeflect any wind upwardly (Fig. 2). The purpose of having the end wallsintersect the front wall above the bottom edge of the latter is toenable the bottom edge portion of the front wall to extend into thewindow to a point below the plane of the top of the window sill 6 (Fig,2).

In use, the flanges l9 should bear flatly a ainst the inner verticalstrip 9 forming one side of slideway I, which insures that the plane ofthe front wall is at an acute angle to the plane of the window.

An important feature of my invention resides in the positioning andretaining member now to be described. In its presently preferred form,this member, which is best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, consists of an angleiron bracket 20, having a bottom leg 20a and an upper leg 2% secured tothe wall section liib as by a rivet 2|.

The bottom leg 20a is disposed normal to the vertical plane of theflanges I9 and at an acute angle to the front wall, so that one may knowthat when leg 20a rests flatly against the top of the window sill, theflanges are parallel with the strips 9. And when the window sash ispushed downwardly into engagement with the top edges of the flanges I9,the consequent weight or pressure is taken by the bracket 2i and is thusprevented from displacing or distorting the shield.

Another advantag provided by the bracket 20 is this: if an operatorfails to move the window sash downwardly into engagement with the topedges of the flanges I9, the shield device nevertheless will remain inproper position because the front wall fulcrums about the bracket toretain the flanges IS in engagement with the inner strip 9.

It will be apparent that other specific means may be utilized to providean equivalent of the bracket 20. For instance, in Fig. 5 I show theequivalent of the bottom leg 20a, which is the main functional part ofthe bracket, as being provided by an extension 25 of the upwardly bentedge portion of wall section Ilia.

Within the scope of the appended claim, I con- 3 template that stillfurther modifications may be made.

I claim:

A weather deflecting ventilating shield for windows, comprising a frontwall, substantially triangular end walls whose outer edges terminate inoutwardly disposed vertical flanges disposed at an acute angle to theplane of the front wall, the bottom edges of said flanges intersectingthe front wall above the bottom edge of the latter and the top edges ofsaid flanges terminating short of the top edges of the end walls, andmeans providing a lateral projection extending forwardly from the frontsurf-ace of the front Wall adjacent but spaced from the bottom edge ofthe latter and normal to the plane of the flanges.

ABRAHAM Z. MOSS;

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